AMARAVATI: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today felicitated and presented mementos to those who rendered exemplary services during Montha cyclone to prevent loss of life and property.
Addressing felicitation programme organized at camp office here today in the name of Cyclone Montha Fighter, the Chief Minister said the state government successfully faced the challenge of cyclone basing on five principles including advance monitoring, alert mechanism, rescue and rehabilitation and restoring normalcy. He said for the first time using technology and team spirit the administration is able to face the cyclone challenge and minimized property loss. He said the services of young team having technical expertise were utilized at RTGS to monitor and handle the cyclone. He said that the integration of administration, technology and services of peoples representatives yielded wonderful results.
The Chief Minister said that he witnessed the challenges of several cyclones in the past, but he was more satisfied with the handling of cyclone this time using technology and restoring normalcy. He said using data lake and Aware 2.0 platform of RTGS at secretariat cyclone alerts were sent to people and village secretariats at last mile in advance. He said a system was developed to make an advance alert announcement in a remote village secretariat right from RTGS.
The Chief Minister said that Kavali received highest rainfall with the cyclone. He said the RTGS team predicted rainfall in advance and sent alerts to concerned regions for prior planning to prevent inundation. He said the services of drones were also used and saved a person Sk Munna of Parchuru while he is being washed away by a flooding stream. Likewise 15 people were saved from a religious place using drone services.
The Chief Minister said that right decisions were taken at right time with smart work of officials and the Montha cyclone handling should be taken as a case study by documenting the procedure. He said 130 persons were identified for their exemplary services during cyclone and felicitated. He directed the district collectors to identify and felicitate those who rendered exemplary services during cyclone. He stressed the need for using services of people also during natural calamities.
Minister for Home and Disaster Management Vangalapudi Anita and officials were present.
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